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Republican candidate says giraffes prove “You cannot be born gay" (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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A Republican candidate for Congress offered up his analysis of human sexuality and gender on Tuesday, in a group interview with South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel editorial board, alongside two other Republicans running to represent House District 20 in Broward County.

“You never see a giraffe, a male giraffe, that mate(s) with a giraffe,” Rod Joseph said. “Myself right now saying, ‘I am a giraffe,’ that doesn’t mean it’s true.”

Everyone is “born straight,” he offered.

The unusual assertion was made in answer to a question about U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) declaration at the beginning of Pride Month, “Homosexuality has no place in America.”

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt here as to meaning, as the second part of his statement is even more incoherent if not, given context. I'm assuming that he just misspoke.

“Myself right now saying, ‘I am a giraffe,’ that doesn’t mean it’s true.”

I don't see as how his giraffe-ness would have much bearing on homosexuality, otherwise.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He's making an aside to denigrate otherkin because he doesn't know the difference between gay people and otherkin. After all, we're both queer.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I've never heard of otherkin before today. The more you know

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh, boomer conservatives heard about otherkin back in the 90s around the time of the elfinkind usenet forums and mailing lists. And they've been malding about us ever since. A lot of them encountered otherkin around the same time as trans people, and to them, transness is an extension of otherkinity.

Historically, otherkin communities have argued that self-identity is more important than the veil of material reality. Although today many neoliberal trans groups are realist and conform to reality, in the boomer conservative mind, the queer movement has always sought the downfall of mundane human reality. And I say: good. Fuck this socially hegemonic subjective consensus reality presented by the modernists as objective. I seek a future age in which humanity use reality's inherent subjectivity to manipulate reality, and thus become as gods. The rich are going to manipulate our subjectivities to support their capitalist reality either way. It's time for the working class to take this power back for ourselves.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Hell yeah. For some reason my soul is the shape of an amorphous cloud. Like a nebula, or a fart. It has its pros and cons, but it is what it is, I haven't figured out anyway to change it.

I never thought maybe others would have different shapes or forms, that's super interesting.